Kepler predictions, just for fun.

[ultimatebob]

I think that some of the OEM's will bundle them with some really lame games.... because they ALWAYS bundle their cards with really lame games.

 

[BenSkywalker]

By the same metric why wasn't the 480 75-100% faster than the 285 at release?

I'm trying to figure out what your 'same metric' is? The 285-480 was a half node move. It did not offer double the transistors in the same die space. It did not offer the same increase in performance/watt or any other build advantage that this generation has, so how is it the same metric? Compare the 8800GT to the 580GTX, that is full node drop(although early old process, late new process). You think the 580GTX would have trouble being 100% faster then a 8800GT? I'm going to go out on a limb and think you can agree that isn't likely.

To be fair, the 280GTX ended up being released on the same build process, the 285 was a half node refresh.

 

[Arkadrel]

680 will be 40-50% faster than 7970 and will overclock very well. Price will be $599 and they'll sell everyone they make for 6 months out. Expect to see some going for $800+ on eBay and you'll need to get lucky to get one on newegg or amazon. 7970 prices will be dropped to sub $500 levels with some used examples being had for $350ish so they can get teh Kepler.

The 7970 is around 20% faster than a 580.
If their 680 is another 40-50% faster than the 7970, that would mean:

680 = 168%-180% of a 580.

Oilfieldtrash I know you like nvidia, but isnt that abit over the top?
It would be cool if it could happend, but that seems abit extreme.

 

[sontin]

The 7970 is around 20% faster than a 580.
If their 680 is another 40-50% faster than the 7970, that would mean:

680 = 168%-180% of a 580.

Oilfieldtrash I know you like nvidia, but isnt that abit over the top?
It would be cool if it could happend, but that seems abit extreme.

Why? Look at the hardware.fr review: GTX480 is 75% faster than GTX285, 5870 55% faster than 4890. So it's more normal than unnormal that gpus on a new process have more performance than 35% over the previous one.

 

[SirPauly]

Indeed!

 

[SolMiester]

My prediction is NV fans will be happy and AMD fans will not!

 

[Tempered81]

I think the top of the line kepler single gpu will be slightly better than an oc'd 7970.

about like 4870 versus 280, 4890 vs 285, 5870 vs 480, 6970 vs 580....

A 1250/1700 7970 would be almost as fast as a stock high-end kepler. But i also think tahiti has disabled Cu's and expect a respin "rv790" of tahiti with higher clocks to compete with gtx680.

maybe a 7980 almost equal to a 680, then a 685 right after that.

 

[notty22]

I'm going with mid-range Kepler= gtx 580+10% across the board.

Big Kepler ? withhold my guess for now

 

[Elfear]

As others have guessed, I'll say:

680 = 7970 + 15-20%
670 = 7970
660Ti = 7950

Guessing April or May before Kepler sees the light of day.